We’ve just heard the news that William has arrived safely at the South Pole!!!In fact he made it yesterday,15th January.I hope that William and Rusty enjoyed a wee celebratory dram last night in recognition of this achievement.If you haven’t yet done so,please read William’s blogs on www.90degreessouth.co.uk to get an idea of the unforgiving nature of this expedition,and what a truly remarkable performance this has been.We have been told that Rusty has been keeping his blog up to date on the journey,and we can’t wait to read about is adventures and see his photos!

Once again,many,many congratulations to William and everyone else involved in this expedition!!!!

So,we have arrived at the end of another year full of trials and tribulations.Earthquakes in New Zealand,tsunami in Japan,conflict in the Middle East and the European financial crisis have all had a profound effect on our lives this year.Without question,2012 will also pose plenty of problems as the financial crisis continues to bite.However,at Ocky White Travel it’s not all doom and gloom-we’ve actually had a successful year!The reasons for that are straightforward-in Kevin,Chris,Victoria,Anna and Eleri we have a team of travel advisors totally committed to providing the best possible service and finding the best holiday for you,not a national parent company!!! I believe that there is definately a swing back to “old fashioned”principles of quality friendly,professional and personal service and that is exactly what we provide (with the added fully bonded protection of ABTA of course meaning your money is safe with us).On behalf of all the team at Ocky White Travel(not forgetting Rusty of course),I would like to wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year and look forward to seeing many of you over the coming months!

This is Rusty,the latest recruit to the Ocky White Travel Team.Rusty undoubtedly has the best job of all,as he will be travelling all around the world in the coming 12 months!

The idea is that Rusty will hopefully accompany some of you on your holidays!He has a log book ready to be filled with photos and tales of his adventures!

Rusty will also be doing his bit for charity,and in particular the Teenage Cancer Trust.We have a competition in place with some great prizes to be won,all you have to do is guess how many miles Rusty will travel in 2012!!

Rusty will begin the year with a truly memorable expedition-he is going to the South Pole with William McNamara of Bluestone Leisure Ltd(see www.90degreessouth.co.uk ) and we can’t wait to hear the exciting tales of this fantastic adventure!!

We will be keeping you up to date throughout the year of Rusty’s progress,and we hope that many of you will have a go at the competition,it’s only £1 a go and all the proceeds will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

All the staff at Ocky White Travel would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our clients,old and new,a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

We look forward to seeing many of you in January and February!

Well,no prizes for guessing how April 2010 will be remembered.The eruption of the Icelandic volcano(no,I’m not going to spell it!) caused the greatest disruption to travel plans that Europe has seen in a generation.Hundreds of thousands of bemused and weary travellers were either left stranded in foreign lands or prevented from travelling abroad on business or pleasure in the first place.The repercussions have been,and will continue to be enormous,not least whether the restrictions imposed by NATS in the first place were too severe.Airlines and insurers are now faced with bills running into billions of pounds,and,like it or not,ultimately we will all end up paying for the chaos.

Of course many of our clients were innocent victims of the Volcano.We had passengers stranded in India,Tenerife,Florida and Dubai.We also had to work quickly to change the date of a Caribbean Wedding which fell prey to the Ash cloud and also to rebook the deserved holiday of some troops from the Signals Regiment who had just returned from Afghanistan.Amazingly,considering the disruption and disappointment for all those affected,everyone remained calm and philosophical,and it certainly made the jobs of our staff much easier in the face of these unique circumstances!!

April will also be remembered as we at Ocky White Travel bade a fond farewell to Shan.Shan had been with us for more than twelve years(over two spells)and will be genuinely missed by her colleagues and clients,many of whom became her good friends.Shan has moved away from the area,to Barry,and is now working at Cardiff Airport,so you may well bump into her up there.Anyway,Good luck Shan!

On the positive side,we are delighted to welcome Christine back to work after her op back in February.